Assembly Bill A8629A

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                 8629--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            December 23, 2015
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Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW, DINOWITZ, MILLER, RICHARDSON, ABINANTI,
  RIVERA, COLTON, BICHOTTE -- Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.  COOK,
  GLICK,  HOOPER,  ROBINSON,  SIMON  --  read  once  and referred to the
  Committee on Environmental Conservation -- recommitted to the  Commit-
  tee  on Environmental Conservation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3,
  sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  prohibiting the sale of live genetically modified salmon

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section  11-1703 of the environmental conservation law is
amended by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
  8. NO PERSON SHALL SELL OR  KNOWINGLY  INTRODUCE  INTO  A  FREE-LIVING
STATE, LIVE GENETICALLY MODIFIED SALMON.  UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION, GENET-
ICALLY  MODIFIED  SALMON SHALL MEAN PRODUCED FROM OR WITH AN ORGANISM OR
ORGANISMS WITH GENETICS ALTERED MATERIALLY THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF:
  (A) IN VITRO NUCLEIC ACID TECHNIQUES, INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO
RECOMBINANT  DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC  ACID  (DNA)  TECHNIQUES  AND  THE  DIRECT
INJECTION OF NUCLEIC ACID INTO CELLS OR ORGANELLES; OR
  (B) THE FUSION OF CELLS BEYOND THE  TAXONOMIC  FAMILY  THAT  OVERCOMES
NATURAL  PHYSIOLOGICAL,  REPRODUCTIVE,  OR RECOMBINANT BARRIERS AND THAT
ARE NOT TECHNIQUES USED IN TRADITIONAL BREEDING AND SELECTION.
  S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 11-1911 of the  environmental  conserva-
tion law is amended to read as follows:
  3.  No  person shall release any species of fish into a farm fish pond
unless permission to do  so  is  first  obtained  from  the  department.
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZE
THE INTRODUCTION OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SALMON AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVI-
SION EIGHT OF SECTION 11-1708 OF THIS ARTICLE.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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